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    Table 1 Abbreviations

    Abbreviation

    Definition

    CI

    Confidence interval

    EBRT

    External beam radiotherapy

    HDR-brachytherapy

    High dose rate-brachytherapy

    HR

    Hazard ratio

    IOERT

    Intraoperative electron beam radiotherapy

    IORT

    Intraoperative radiotherapy

    LARC

    Locally advanced rectal cancer

    LRFS

    Local recurrence-free survival

    LRRC

    Locally recurrent rectal cancer

    OR

    Odds ratio

    OS

    Overall survival

    RCT

    Randomised controlled trial